My website is currently going through an upgrade and will continue to have a few changes through Feb…just wanted to let you know if you are checking back and it is not very consistent right now. I will have the date out for February’s Child Portrait session this week though.

I was in Victoria last week visiting my grandparents. They are 96 and 95 and so I am trying to visit as much as I can…especially now that I am back in Canada:). During this visit, we watched some of their home videos from when my mum was little. My aunts and uncle had taken the old reels and put them together on a DVD. It was the best to watch their family and their interactions. It totally inspired me to keep videoing…even the little things. So Monday, I did a little video of our after school scene. I thought that this might inspire you…take the video…or hire someone to take the video so you can get in it. I will be posting some tutorials of how you can put together some of your own home videos on iPhone soon so you can get started:).

* Disclaimer…my daughter’s long face is because I was trying a new healthy hot chocolate from a super foods class I attended on the weekend…she was not pleased and would have preferred the sugary one. I might as well keep it real:)…someone is often complaining about the new recipes I am trying;).

If you have been with me for awhile, you will have seen these girls before. They have been with me for almost the entire time I have been shooting – 13 years! I saw them every year for an update until they moved to Victoria a couple of years ago. I spend a fair amount of time in Victoria since my grandparents are there so we have been trying to figure out a time to get a session in on one of my trips…it had not worked on previous trips though. Fortunately, they got in touch with me late last year just as I had booked a trip there in December. Yeah, so I was able to see the girls (and the puppy) again! I was shocked to see how much they had changed. I had always thought that older kids didn’t change very much…I do not believe that anymore…based on all of my clients and my own kids! I think that my son, in particular, has even changed a ton since we moved form California this summer!

Anyway, on to the pictures! Definitely will go down as one of my favourite sessions…but I say that a lot:). I will be in Victoria again this month and can always extend my trip…if anyone there is interested in a session:).

It is that time of year again where I run the mini sessions that I have called Child Portrait Project. These are for families that have missed out on a full session this fall or just want to capture a few images of their kids cuz they are changing so quick. I will be hosting one of these a month for the next 4 months so if you are not able to make this one, be sure to watch for the next…or you can send me a note for the information early:). This month the sessions will occur on Saturday, January 20th from 9am-4pm.

I have been a bit delinquent about posting some of these sessions so will make sure that I do over next next little while to give you ideas. Please send me an email to jody@totshots.ca to book your session.

…with a layer of snow on the ground;). We have been having a beautiful fall though and it has been so awesome to see so many families for updates. The fall colours have been spectacular!! It has been a few years since I last saw this family and the girls had grown up so much. They are beautiful girls with fantastic energy. I loved how the older daughter would come up with ideas for images and then the little one wanted to do the same…so cute! More soon!